Hardware Grants Responses

This page is to store responses to hardware grants requesters for easy cutting and pasting.

Approved

<Greeting!>

My name is <your name>, and I'm your Free Geek grant shepherd. As your shepherd, I'll be making sure that your hardware needs are met (as much as possible). I'm writing to tell you that the <organization name> grant application has been approved.

I can give you <approved hardware> during one of these times:

<availability>

Please select one specific date and time and contact me, letting me know when exactly works for you. If no time given works for you, tell me and we can work something out. The day you (or another representative from <organization name>) come to pick up your grant, let the front desk person know that you are looking for me (<your name>) for a grant. Additionally, if possible, please bring print outs of our e-mail correspondence.

Thank you! <your name> <your title> c/o the Free Geek Hardware Grants Group

P.S.

All PCs and laptops that we give out come installed with Ubuntu Linux (more info can be found at ubuntu.com) as an operating system. Ubuntu Linux is free and open-source, which means it costs $0 to operate and there are people all around the world who are constantly developing it. It runs well on older as well as current PCs and works with most printers, scanners, cameras, etc. You are free to do whatever you'd like with your organization's computers, including installing another operating system like Macintosh OS X or Windows Vista. If you choose to keep Ubuntu on your computer Free Geek will provide tech support for up to one year after you receive your computer. Tech support hours are Tuesday through Saturday between the hours of 3 and 6 PM.

Needs Clarification

<Greeting!>

My name is <your name>, and I'm your Free Geek grant shepherd. As your shepherd, I'll be making sure that your hardware needs are met (as much as possible). Before we continue with your grant request, I need to know <what you need clarification on: why LCDs vs. CRTs, why laptops vs. PCs, quantity, etc.>

Once I have this information we can continue with the hardware grant request for <organization>.

Thank you! <your name> <your title> c/o the Free Geek Hardware Grants Group

Denied

<Greeting,>

My name is <your name>, and I'm writing to let you know that the hardware grant request for <organization name> cannot be completed at this time. <Explain why: not a non-profit, no local area contact, etc. If they are not local, explain that if they know someone local they can let us know>

Good luck, <your name> <your title> c/o the Free Geek Hardware Grants Group